HBU School of Nursing and Allied Health to Host Fall Luncheon

The Houston Baptist University School of Nursing and Allied Health is honored to host the “Celebrating Nurses!” Fall Luncheon, presented by the Dean’s Development Council in honor of longtime University friend and supporter, Mary Ann Belin. The luncheon will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 10, at the River Oaks Country …

Dr. Sloan and HBU Serve as Key Partners at AACC World Conference

Houston Baptist University HBU partnered in the event; HBU Associate Professor of Early Christianity and Founder of Christian Thinkers Society Dr. Jeremiah J. Johnston served as a keynote speaker. As a national, comprehensive university, Houston Baptist University offers excellent programs across the arts and sciences. Both the undergraduate and graduate programs have grown in recent …

This Week’s Review: “Kingsman: The Golden Circle”

I wasted both time and money on September 23; let me assure you that “Kingsman: The Golden Circle” is one of the sorriest films of 2017! Whatever charm the first film in the series had has long been dissipated. The film is a waste of good talent; Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Halle Berry and Jeff Bridges …

Tamaulipas Governor and HBU Alumnus Makes Special Visit

Governor of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas and HBU Alumnus Francisco García Cabeza de Vaca, ’90, visited his alma mater in September. He committed, along with HBU President Dr. Robert B. Sloan, to encourage the exchange of students and faculty across the Texas and Mexico border for the purpose of building relationships and mutual understanding. …

Culture Influencers: Nancy Pearcey

Test Everything: 5 Principles for the Pursuit of Truth on Campus and in the World” (based on her book Finding Truth); ” Escaping the Matrix: How to Overcome the Sacred/Secular Divide to Think, Study and Love with Integrity” (based on her book Total Truth); and “The Joy of Worldview: Educating for Sexual Authenticity in a …

Culture Influencers: Joshua R. Farris

Dr. Joshua R. Farris, Assistant Professor of Theology, has recently published a review of Tim Pawl’s recent book entitled “In Defense of Conciliar Christology” online at Reading Religion: a publication of the American Academy of Religion.

The Trendsetter Dawn Wilson

College in the Cloud-Part 6 < Previous Part Dawn Wilson Interviewed by The Pillars magazine THE PILLARS: Today we have the joy to speak with Dr. Dawn Wilson, MEd ’99, professor of Education at Houston Baptist University and a real trendsetter. I mean Dawn, when I think about these two books that you were the …

The Necessity of Sovereign Laws

by John Tyler, JD, PhD Two troubling trends have radically transformed American jurisprudence since the 1950s. The first is the separation of law from morality, which produces unjust laws. The second is judicial activism, which destroys liberty. This is the second of two essays on these trends. The first essay discussed the necessity of moral …

This Week’s Review: “American Assassin”

After I saw “It,” I should have in the market for something a bit soothing, but the only interesting film available the weekend of September 16 was “American Assassin.” Soothing, it isn’t. The only reason I decided to see it was the name of Michael Keaton among the cast. I had never heard of the …